Prosecuted civil service discharge hearings for multiple State departments; some of these involved complex issues such as the properties of safe helicopter flight and constitutional claims;

Represented Secretary of State Jim Edgar at trial in a chancery court challenge to an administrative procedure; also represented the Office of the Secretary of State in administrative proceedings regarding the denial of the reinstatement of drivers’ licenses;

Acted on behalf of the Attorney General personally in a quo warranto proceeding seeking the removal of a circuit court judge from the bench;

Represented the Illinois Department of Public Health in a class action brought by nursing homes regarding the failure to timely inspect them, resulting in excessive delays in their reimbursement by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.

Represented the Illinois State Police in an undercover operation coordinated with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and a private entity to stop an extortion plot by an Illinois State Police Officer, and to discharge and prosecute said officer;

Represented Roland Burris as Controller in a lawsuit by the American Cancer Society and other charities arising from the State payroll deduction program funding the United Way Charity;

Represented the Illinois Department of Corrections in both the trial court and the 7th Circuit, including all motion and brief writing and oral arguments, in McCall-Bey v. Franzen, a case of first impression which delineated the power of federal district courts to enforce their own orders.